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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

1960–present

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former trader and risk analyst, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He is best known for his five-volume philosophical essay series Incerto, which includes The Black Swan, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game, exploring the profound impact of rare and unpredictable events and systems that benefit from disorder. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University.

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options
Silent Risk: Lectures on Probability

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